Naifaru Juvenile establishes a recreational zone in the Naifaru Resource Centre. The recreational zone is going to give the island’s youth a chance to play games like ceram, TV-games, computer games as well as providing a hang out place for our island’s youth. The recreational zone is also equipped with a TV and sofas.

Naifaru Juvenile establishes a local market with help from UNDP and SSGF to improve small business initiatives in Naifaru. The building was set up to the south of Naifaru harbour and holds a number of rooms suitable for small businesses. The initiative is especially aimed to help the community recover from the devastating effects of the tsunami by assisting small-scale entrepreneurs in setting up businesses. This project is tailored to suit Naifaru

Naifaru Juvenile finishes a one-month wedding dress sewing course for thirty local women with the help of TOPSY Training Centre, Male’. The course was held to encourage small business initiatives among the island’s women. The course took place at the Nooraanee Preschool in the evenings.

Naifaru Juvenile sponsors a Youth counsellor in collaboration with the National Narcotics Control Bureau and the Society for Health Education. The aim is to give Naifaru Juvenile a better tool in our community’s fight against drug abuse and drug-related crime. The newly trained counsellor, Aishath Sodeeqa, has come back from Male’ where the one-year training programme was conducted to assist in our community’s outpatient treatment and rehabilitation

Naifaru Juvenile finishes construction of our community’s new resource centre. The new building consists of a Naifaru Juvenile office, an indoor hall, a councelling cell, and a cyber café. The purpose of the resource centre is to create a space for our island’s youth to gather for group activities, social support, public information and other purposes. The construction was funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) along

Naifaru Juvenile launches a community rehabilitation programme. The programme focuses on counselling and awareness-building for drug users, school children and school leavers. The issues addressed are going to be related to the consequences of drug use and sexually transmitted diseases. We will conduct youth workshops and youth camps as well as conduct parental skills training to parents. The programme is planned to run for one year and will be conducted

27 women finish an intermediate sewing course held in Naifaru by Naifaru Juvenile and TOPSY Training Centre, Male’. TOPSY sent an instructor to teach local women improved sewing skills. The course ran for one month and was attended by local women of 18 years and older.

Naifaru Juvenile has just finished an advanced cake decoration course for a group of local women. The course was conducted to increase the women’s skills in cake making and decoration to give them an incentive to start small-scale home-based businesses.

Naifaru Juvenile has hosted a volleyball coaching camp for the local youth. The camp was held on Naifaru Island with assistance from the Volleyball Association of Maldives. The VAM sent a representative from Male’ to assist in the coaching activities.